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 saw the Lord himself, who commanded her to go and tell the disciples of his resurrection. Mary came in haste and told the disciples all that she had heard and seen. The same day the Lord appeared to his disciples, hailed them with "Peace be unto you!" and shewed them his hands and his side. Thomas was not present on this occasion; the disciples, therefore, when they saw him, said, We have scen the Lord: but he said, "Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe." (ver. 25.) After eight days' time the Lord appeared again to them, and Thomas was present, who, upon being satisfied that it was Jesus himself, said unto him, "My Lord and my God." The doubts of Thomas were thus removed; for he saw and believed. Jesus, however, gently rebuked him for his unbelief, and said, "Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed." (ver. 29.) There are some who will believe nothing but what they can touch with their hands, and see with their eyes. Such is but a low kind of evidence to that which gives an internal conviction of truth. It is a kind of faith separate from internal acknowledgment. They are the blessed, who, though they see not the Lord with their eyes, as did Thomas, yet believe him to be what Thomas acknowledged—both Lord and God. My Lord and my God was the faithful acknowledgment of doubting Thomas. Some have thought that these words were not an acknowledgment, but rather an exclamation of surprise and wonder at seeing the risen Lord: but this is a mistake; for the words are not in the vocative, but